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Artefact ID1382
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)5   (Dayr al-Baǧawāt)
ClassTextual
MaterialPlaster
Writing mediumDipinto
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Inscription painted in red containing the presbyteral blessing "Peace to all!" (Εἰρήνη πᾶσι). The two parts of the dipinto flank a crux ansata, of which only part of the circle is now visible. Both the inscription and the ansate cross, as well as the upper decorative under-ceiling border of the room, were painted with the same colour and on the first coating of this room. As such, they belong to the initial decoration of the church of Dayr al-Baǧawāt.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers
Date from332
Date to426
Dating criteria

Radiocarbon dating of a wall of the eastern sector of Dayr al-Baǧawāt.

Absolute/relative dateAbsolute date
Archaeological context

The dipinto is inscribed above the doorway separating the church of Dayr al-Baǧawāt and the apartment connected with it.

Accession number

Dayr al-Baǧawāt, in situ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Cruz-Uribe, E., Piccione, P., and Westerfeld, J. 2004, Kharga Oasis Coptic Graffiti Project. Preliminary Report of the 2005 Field Season. Journal of the Society of the Studies of Egyptian Antiquities 31: 41.
Ghica, V. 2012. “Pour une histoire du christianisme dans le désert occidental d’Égypte.” Journal des savants 2: 204.

Authors
Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 1382", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1382
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